CHAP. XXXIII.
1 The kindnesse of Iacob and Esau at their meeting. 17 Iacob commeth to Succoth. 18 At Salem he buyeth a field, and buildeth an Altar called Elohe Israel.
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1 And Iacob lifted vp his eyes, and looked, and behold, Esau came, and with him foure hundreth men: and hee diuided the children vnto Leah, and vnto Rachel, and vnto the two handmaids.
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2 And he put the handmaides, and their chidren foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Ioseph hindermost.
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3 And hee passed ouer before them, and bowed himselfe to the ground seuen times, vntill hee came neere to his brother.
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4 And Esau ran to meete him, and imbraced him, and fell on his necke, and kissed him, and they wept.
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5 And he lift vp his eyes, and sawe the women, and the children, and said, who are those +with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously giuen thy seruant. [ + Heb. To thee. ]
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6 Then the handmaidens came neere; they and their children, and they bowed themselues.
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7 And Leah also with her children came neere, and bowed themselues: and after came Ioseph neere and Rachel, and they bowed themselues.
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8 And he said, + What meanest thou by all this droue, which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. [ + Heb. what is all this band to thee? ]
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9 And Esau said, I haue enough: my brother, +keepe that thou hast vnto thy selfe. [ + Heb. bee that to thee that is thine. ]
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10 And Iacob saide, Nay, I pray thee: if now I haue found grace in thy sight, then receiue my present at my hand: for therefore I haue seene thy face, as though I had seene the face of God; and thou wast pleased with me.
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11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with mee, and because I haue enough: and hee vrged him, and he tooke it.
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12 And he said, Let vs take our iourney, and let vs goe, and I will goe before thee.
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13 And hee said vnto him, My lord knoweth, that the children are tender, and the flockes and heards with yong are with mee: and if men should ouer-driue them one day, all the flocke will die.
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14 Let my lord, I pray thee, passe ouer before his seruant, and I will leade on softly, according as the cattell that goeth before me, and the children be able to endure, vntill I come vnto my lord vnto Seir. [ + Heb. according to the foote of the worke, &c. & according to the foot of the children. ]
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15 And Esau said, Let me now +leaue with thee some of the folke that are with me: And hee said, +What needeth it? let me finde grace in the sight of my lord. [ +Heb. Set, or place. , + Heb. wherfore is this? ]
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16 ¶ So Esau returned that day, on his way vnto Seir.
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17 And Iacob iourneyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made boothes for his cattell: therefore the name of the place is called || Succoth. [ || That is, boothes. ]
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18 ¶ And Iacob came to Shalem, a citie of *Shechem, which is the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram, and pitched his tent before the Citie. [ * Called Acts. 7. 16. Sychem. ]
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19 And he bought a parcell of a field where hee had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of * Hamor Shechems father, for an hundred || pieces of money. [ * Called Acts. 7. 16. Emor. , || Or, lambes. ]
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20 And hee erected there an Altar, and called it || El-Elohe-Israel. [ || That is, God, the God of Israel. ]
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